CONCLUDED

Aki Basho
1998

Ryōgoku Kokugikan · 13-27 Sept · Tokyo

Each rank has an East (higher) and West (lower) side, so “M7e” means Maegashira 7 East.

· lower divisions
‹Day 14›
· as of Day 14
99 rikishi
6th Division
7 bouts per basho
Name
1
Chiyonohana
· Kokonoe-beya · MiyazakiMiyazaki
2
Omusashi
· Musashigawa-beya · TokyoTokyo
3
Maenoshima
· Takadagawa-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
4
Kainowaka
· Oshima-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
5
Asawashi
· Wakamatsu-beya · NaganoNagano
6
Kawahara
· Takanohana-beya · YamaguchiYamaguchi
7
Kosugi
· Naruto-beya · SaitamaSaitama
8
Yamaya
· Kasugano-beya · IbarakiIbaraki
9
Kawashima
· Oshiogawa-beya · NagasakiNagasaki
10
Tsunenoumi
· Dewanoumi-beya · OkayamaOkayama
11
Teuriumi
· Futagoyama-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
12
Igarashi
· Kise-beya · AkitaAkita
13
Maseki
· Nakamura-beya · AichiAichi
14
Nishisegawa
· Kiriyama-beya · HyogoHyogo
15
Oba
· Kokonoe-beya · ShizuokaShizuoka
16
Yokoyama
· Azumazeki-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
17
Kirinobori
· Michinoku-beya · ShizuokaShizuoka
18
Ogoshi
· Tokitsukaze-beya · OsakaOsaka
19
Kaitanaka
· Tomozuna-beya · OsakaOsaka
20
Kuwahara
· Izutsu-beya · SaitamaSaitama
21
Akafuji
· Ajigawa-beya · ShizuokaShizuoka
22
Komanosho
· Hanaregoma-beya · HyogoHyogo
23
Yoshinoumi
· Dewanoumi-beya · AichiAichi
24
Sanuki
· Yamahibiki-beya · TokyoTokyo
25
Satoyama
· Mihogaseki-beya · TokyoTokyo
26
Maenohana
· Takadagawa-beya · ShimaneShimane
27
Kaimon
· Hanaregoma-beya · YamaguchiYamaguchi
28
Waku
· Oguruma-beya · IbarakiIbaraki
29
Noguchi
· Naruto-beya · SaitamaSaitama
30
Tochinofuku
· Kasugano-beya · WakayamaWakayama
31
Saitoyama
· Oshiogawa-beya · FukuiFukui
32
Kaisho
· Hanaregoma-beya · YamaguchiYamaguchi
33
Horikawa
· Futagoyama-beya · IbarakiIbaraki
34
Onoryu
· Onomatsu-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
35
Kotosasaki
· Sadogatake-beya · ShizuokaShizuoka
36
Sako
· Hanakago-beya · AichiAichi
37
Kotonoshin
· Sadogatake-beya · IwateIwate
38
Onakamura
· Nakamura-beya · AichiAichi
39
Masunoumi
· Dewanoumi-beya · OsakaOsaka
40
Araiyama
· Shibatayama-beya · OsakaOsaka
41
Onoyama
· Onomatsu-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
42
Anju
· Isegahama-beya · MiyazakiMiyazaki
43
Onohikari
· Onomatsu-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
44
Mutetsu
· Michinoku-beya · AichiAichi
45
Teramoto
· Izutsu-beya · OsakaOsaka
46
Matsumurayama
· Kasugano-beya · TokyoTokyo
47
Ezaki
· Takanohana-beya · KumamotoKumamoto
48
Hamabe
· Oshiogawa-beya · TokyoTokyo
49
Yokogi
· Otake-beya · HyogoHyogo
50
Toma
· Shikihide-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
51
Kaishimizu
· Tomozuna-beya · MiyagiMiyagi
52
Amanoumi
· Dewanoumi-beya · HyogoHyogo
53
Azumiume
· Ajigawa-beya · KumamotoKumamoto
54
Onuma
· Nakamura-beya · ChibaChiba
55
Ueyama
· Michinoku-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
56
Maita
· Hakkaku-beya · HokkaidoHokkaido
57
Usui
· Kasugano-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
58
Maehara
· Tamanoi-beya · HyogoHyogo
59
Kainofuji
· Kasugayama-beya · YamanashiYamanashi
60
Shimosako
· Michinoku-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
61
Obayama
· Shikihide-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
62
Yamakoshi
· Oguruma-beya · FukuiFukui
63
Aonokuni
· Ajigawa-beya · MiyazakiMiyazaki
64
Kasachikara
· Nishonoseki-beya · AichiAichi
65
Haguroshima
· Takekuma-beya · TokyoTokyo
66
Komizo
· Nishonoseki-beya · ChibaChiba
67
Uchigoshiki
· Minezaki-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
68
Kikuchi
· Michinoku-beya · ChibaChiba
69
Midoriryu
· Onomatsu-beya · MiyagiMiyagi
70
71
Kitafubuki
· Oshiogawa-beya · AomoriAomori
72
Asahikaze
· Oguruma-beya · EhimeEhime
73
Watatani
· Hanakago-beya · YamaguchiYamaguchi
74
Nomura
· Michinoku-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
75
Sawamukai
· Tokitsukaze-beya · ChibaChiba
76
Suita
· Kitanoumi-beya · HyogoHyogo
77
78
Hirohata
· Naruto-beya · OsakaOsaka
79
Kaiseiryu
· Tomozuna-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
80
Kamobayashi
· Ajigawa-beya · OsakaOsaka
81
Hongo
· Kagamiyama-beya · KyotoKyoto
82
Otayama
· Azumazeki-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
83
Ozaki
· Musashigawa-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
84
Kozu
· Futagoyama-beya · SaitamaSaitama
85
Fukushima
· Nakamura-beya · AichiAichi
-
Kuboyama
· Mihogaseki-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
-
Kotokimura
· Sadogatake-beya · KanagawaKanagawa
-
Okawa
· Michinoku-beya · WakayamaWakayama
-
Kotoimura
· Sadogatake-beya · MieMie
-
Ueno
· Futagoyama-beya · AichiAichi
-
Tsuruuchida
· Izutsu-beya · TokyoTokyo
-
Uchida
· Izutsu-beya · TokyoTokyo
-
Akinobori
· Ajigawa-beya · AomoriAomori
-
Rikisegawa
· Kiriyama-beya · ChibaChiba
-
Matsumoto
· Mihogaseki-beya · HyogoHyogo
-
Asatenzan
· Wakamatsu-beya · FukuokaFukuoka
97
Hoshikaze
· Oguruma-beya · AomoriAomori
98
Kotoabiru
· Sadogatake-beya · NagasakiNagasaki
99
Nagayama
· Michinoku-beya · KagoshimaKagoshima
The venue
Hosts Hatsu, Natsu, Aki
Tokyo
Ryōgoku Kokugikan両国国技館
Tōkyō-to · capacity 11,098
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Ryōgoku is sumo's historical heart - the surrounding Sumida-ku neighbourhood has been home to stables, retired rikishi, and chankonabe restaurants for over a century. The current Kokugikan opened in 1985, hosts three of the six annual bashos, and houses the (free) Sumo Museum on the ground floor. The roof of the arena is modelled on a Shintō shrine.

Near the arena
Local specialties
  • Chankonabe↗ちゃんこ鍋 - The calorie-dense stew rikishi live on - many former-rikishi-run restaurants in Ryōgoku serve it.
  • Monjayaki↗もんじゃ焼き - Tokyo's loose, savoury cousin to okonomiyaki. Best on Tsukishima Island, two stops south.
  • Edomae sushi↗江戸前寿司 - Tokyo-style sushi, originated in the bay. Toyosu and Tsukiji markets are nearby.
Getting there: JR Sōbu line to Ryōgoku Station - the Kokugikan is directly across the road from the west exit.